Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-16
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tion bill which recently became a law, actu-
ally makes any appropriations. Itwas sup
posed that the bill appropriated $4,000 to
each of the States, but in its wording it is
doubtful whether it makes any sum avail
able.
- The President it is said, will appoint
Matthews, the colored Democrat appointed
recorder of deeds and rejected by the Sen
ate, chief of the bureau of engraving and
printing at salary Of 81 500 a year. G. II.
J. Taylor, colored Democrat and present as
sistant city attorney of Kansas City, Mo-, is
to be appointed minister to Liberia.
= The prohibitionists having secured
from the State Legislature of Texas sub
mission to the people of prohibition
amendment to the State constitution, are
making preparations for the campaign.
The State will be filled with temperance
orators for which fund of $4,000 has been
gathered.
1t is stated in Washington that Gen.
Villas may promote Col. E. G. McLures of
South Carolina, present appointment clerk
in Washington, to the position of superin-
tendent of the railway service. Col. Nc
Lure has made an excellent record since he
entered the postal service, and his promo
tion would be meritorious and also give
general satisfaction.
Geo. w. Kidd, of New York, owner of
the international distillery, at DesMoines,
Iowa, has issued orders to the superintend-
ent to stop buying grain and to see that the
amount on hand is disposed OF, either by
consumption or sale. by June /. Mr.. Kidd
says he will close the distillery at that time
and not attempt to operate it further under
the prohibition law. This closes the last
distillery in Iowa.
The following items regarding the pro-
gress of work on the Panama canal are of
interest: Twenty thousand men are on
the isthmus: AS miles of special railroad
have been built; $4,000 cars, % steamers,
200 vessels, 3O4 small iron works, 4S drags,
96 herculean excavators, 36 powerful per-
forators, and 46s immense pumping en-
gines are at work. Light for night work
Is supplied by 1000 lamps, and 17S engines
Eare constantly engaged.
A big gray eagle swooped down into the
yard of Farmer Richards, of Scott county,
Indiana, the other day and attempted to
carry off three-year-old child. He was
frightened away, but soon returned, and
this time tackled young lamb. Mrs. Rick
ards, who knows how to shoot, was waiting
for the proud bird Of freedom, and as he
rose with the lamb, fired and killed him.
He measured thirteen feet from tip to tip.
AT Bainbridge, Ga, last Thursday, the
wife of ]. n. Hawley died from the ef-
fects of morphine administered by her hus-
band by mistake, it is said, for quinine.
She was buried on Friday. When Hawley
returned from the funeral he was met by
the Sheriff and darrested for bigamy. When
shown the evidence against him, he broke
down and confessed to having wife in
South Carolina and another in Florida. He
is now suspected of murder.
rfso ho Qf
Goldsboro, N. c., last Friday for the murder
of his stepdaughter in November last. Du-
ring his trial and imprisonment he dis
claimed any knowledge of the crime, but
on the scaffold he confessed his guilt, at
tributing it to whisky. The coolness and
nerve of the criminal were remarkable. At
II 40 the trap was sprung. Artis' neck was
broken, and life was extinct in ten minutes.
His body was turned over to his family for
burial.
= The bill to submit to popular vote of
Tennessee the proposed amendment to the
CONSTITUTION, prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of liquor in that State, having
passed the Senate and House, the Govern
or will sign it, and the question will be
voted upon on the 10Th of next September.
| A special session of the Grand Lodge of
Tennessee, Independent Order of Good
Templars, has been called for the 29th in
stant, to make arrangements for vigorous
campaign.
A deadly affray occurred at Fayette,
Miss, last Friday, between man named
| Orr and his three sons, all armed with re-
volvers, and Lud. Churchwell and his two
sons, the former being armed with shotgun
and the latter with axes. In the fight Lud.
Churchwell was killed and one OF his sons
was mortally wounded. James Orr was al
so killed, and his brother Asa was badly
hurt. Orr was killed by pistol shot, and
| it is thought that the wound was inflicted
! by one of his own party, as their antagon-
lists had no pistols.
AT Ellsworth, few miles east of Bloom
5ington, Illinois, the active features of the
fliquor crusade were revived on Saturday.
! A band of thirty-eight women marched to
1.-THE 'gallon house" of J. Mcdrevy, and
asked him to close his saloon and leave the
place. McGrevy met them at the door with
hatehet, but was promptly knocked yva doW9
the place, rolled out all the liquors and spill
. ed them in the mud. The women declare
that they will clear out all the "gallon
houses that may come there.
Intelligence of serious accident from
snow slide in the Rocky Mountains comes
from Winnipeg, Manitoba, under date of
- the 9Th Instant: A snow slide in Selkirk
Ridge on Thusday last struck snow plough
4train, carrying it down an immense gorge
and completely burying it. When dug out
seven hours afterward Superintendent Will
liam Green and six men, all employees,
were found smothered to death. Two of
the men were named Ryan and Spark.
TIE GiaSHfs of the Central Pacific Railroad
refuse perticulars and are making special
ehosm 10 keep the accident quiet.
TIE Nashville (Mich.) Ne,cs says: The
meanest man lives in West Castleton. At
the beginning of last month he made wa
ger with his wife that she couldn't drink a
quart of milk day for thirty days in Feb
ruary. If she did he was to give her new
BLK dress; if she failed she was to buy him
new suit of clothes. The guileless and
nnsuspecting woman finished her sixteenth
quart of milk (after heroic struggle with
her rebellious stomach) before she discover
ed that February had but % days. The
horrid husband, who says, II knew it all
The time" is claiming the wages of his sin,
but we suspect that the temperature will be
very low when he gets it.
- Some days ago, Jesse Faber, farmer
living near Asheville, n. c., disappeared,
hnd all efforts to find him were unavailing.
Thursday morning some hunters were at
tracted to a lone spot in the woods by the
bowling of dog. They at first took no
notice of this, but afterward dog, SEEM
lngly famished with hunger and so weak
that he could hardly drag himself through
the brush, came up to them and, bowling,
Ian off q little ways, then returned and re-
beated the performance. They followed the
Animal and came upon the dead body of